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  • From: "M. Brody" <mbrody AT earthling.net>
  • To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: yad/memorial
  • Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 19:37:46 +0200


For the source of "Yad" as memorial:
The extended meaning of the word includes associated concepts such as-
"al-yad" nearby=touchable
"yad" handle [Mishna Uksin]=used to touch/grasp
and consequentaly anything making useful/possible to "grasp"-
here may be the source of "Yad" as a memorial- allowing ourselves to grasp
[come to grips] with the death of the individual, or as an intermediary to
touch his memory.

Menachem Brody
Machon Helkat haSadeh
Elon Moreh
mbrody AT earthling.net
www.Shechem.org




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